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Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. On maneuvers as punishment for partying with other women, he sees Kelly walking the the other students of a convent. He is intrigued by her beauty and wants her. He kidnaps her that night from the convent and takes her to his room and professes his love for her. When the Queen finds them together the next morning , she whips Kelly and throws her out of the castle. Regina then puts Wolfram into prison for not wanting to marry the Queen. Kelly goes to German East Africa to visit her dying Aunt and is forced to marry the disgusting Jan. The Aunt dies after the wedding and Kelly refuses to live with Jan and becomes the head of Aunties Brothel. Her extravagances and style earn her the name 'Queen Kelly'. Wolfram is transferred to Africa and meets Patricia following the death of her husband.

Architect Daniel Brenner (Kurt Naumann) is still trying to pursue a career at age 37. He's designed almost nothing of consequence while building in East Germany has been confined to the same industrially-sanctioned dull plans used for decades. Daniel complains to one of his old professors and is given the opportunity to compete for an important new cultural and shopping center to enliven a drab Berlin suburb; he picks a crack team of equally frustrated talent, many of whom gave up architecture for other pursuits long ago.
The design process forms a new professional family for Brenner while his own wife Wanda (Rita Feldmeier) is stifled by the lack of excitement in her life; she soon announces plans to leave Daniel for an old beau in Switzerland, taking their young daughter Johanna.

Here is the thrilling story of Rikki Tikki Tavi, a fearless young mongoose who finds himself locked in a life-and-death struggle to protect a boy Teddy and his parents from Nag and Nagaina, the two enormous cobras who stalk the gardens outside the familys home in India.

If you really want to experience the 60's, here is the pinnacle of that era. Showing three days of peace, love, and especially music, it is one of the best documentary films ever made. We watch as millions of people gather to see some of their favorite musical artists, while trying to survive overcrowding, a rain storm and an extremely muddy field. We also take a look at the townspeople and there reaction to all of this, as they talk of the war in Vietnam, the festival going on around them and their opinions on the whole counterculture.
The highlights are, of course, the music!

The limited and numbered Amazon Exclusive 4-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition features more than three hours of extras – including two hours of rare performance footage with songs from Paul Butterfield, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Winter & Mountain who played at Woodstock but never appeared in any previous film version, plus a third hour of featurettes showcasing interviews from Martin Scorsese, Director Michael Wadleigh, and Producer Michael Lang. Included in the set is an Amazon exclusive bonus disc with additional never-before-seen performance footage from Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe and the Fish plus three additional featurettes!↓ Download movie...

"Sky and Earth", is one of the best Russian television-series out there. If you're looking for a good Russian series to get yourself more acquainted with Russian television, "Sky and Earth" would be a great one to start with.

The storyline for "Sky and Earth" takes place in the fictitious Russian city of "Surdyansk", and revolves around the lives of characters connected to the local airport, and specifically an airline-company, called "Aviakom". Some of the characters in this series either work at the airport or with "Aviakom" as security guards, pilots, stewardesses, or regular passengers, while others are locals that inhabit "Surdyansk" but who in one way or another have a connection to the goings-on at the airport. The series is an excellent story of how all of its characters lives revolve around the "Surdyansk" airport.

In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller. In France, he is requested to perform before the royal court of King Louis XVI. Queen Marie-Antoinette is anxious to have her future told, but she is far from pleased when Cagliostro foretells that she is destined to die in ignominy on the scaffold. Banished from the court, Cagliostro prepares his revenge by enlisting the help of Jeanne de la Motte, a young adventuress who has managed to win the confidence of the Queen. With Jeanne’s help, the magician manages to steal an expensive necklace that was intended for Marie-Antoinette, creating a scandal that will ultimately result in the overthrow of the monarchy. His treachery exposed, Cagliostro is arrested, but he manages to escape the guillotine with his faithful wife Lorenza. Shortly after the couple arrive in Italy, hoping to start a new life, they are captured by the Inquisition...

Perhaps more than any other director, Louis Malle is ripe for a critical reassessment. His films and career have been criminally underrated by the French because he's an oddball. As a filmmaker, Malle existed in two worlds: one of French independence, the other of American gloss. A postwar director who doesn't belong to the school of the New Wave, Malle had the audacity to cross the Atlantic and find success in Hollywood with films like Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, Damage, and Vanya on 42nd Street. Yet he also made films like Zazie dans le Metro, The Thief, May Fools, and the three pictures included in this boxed set, all vibrant with the independent spirit of French cinema. Malle and his work aren't easily categorized.

Few directors have portrayed the agonies and epiphanies of growing up as poetically – and scandalously – as Louis Malle. Laced with autobiographical details, Murmur of the Heart; Lacombe, Lucien; and Au revoir les enfants tell stories of youth, set against the tumult of World War II and postwar France. Controversial, tragic, amusing, and poignant, these three films are not just coming-of-age stories but the director's ongoing response to a world gone wrong, revealing his true nature as rebel.

Valdemar Psilander (1884-1917) was probably the greatest male star of Danish silent cinema. He died in 1917, only 32 years old. Despite his early death, he nevertheless acted in 83 films during his 6 years with the Nordisk Films Kompagni. The three films on this DVD are not only representative of Valdemar Psilander's qualities as an actor, but also the production of Nordisk Films Kompagni during the most productive and successful years of Danish cinema.

Although released anonymously, as was the custom with all films produced by the Italian Navy, La Nave Bianca is the first feature-length effort directed by Roberto Rossellini; it is also very much the work of its co-writer and supervisor Francesco De Robertis. The film combines a documentary look at the Italian Navy during World War II with newsreel combat footage and a scripted love story performed by non-professional actors. A Fascist sailor, wounded in battle, is transferred to a hospital ship. While recuperating, he falls in love with the young Red Cross nurse who cares for him, not knowing that she is also his longtime pen pal. One of the film's (uncredited) camera operators, Mario Bava, who would later direct such classic horror films as Black Sunday and Lisa and the Devil.